The love of money as a possession. Will be recognised for what it is, a somewhat disgusting morbidity.
JOHN MAYNARD KEYNESWorldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.
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The atomic hypothesis which had worked so splendidly in Physics breaks down in Psychics.
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By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.
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The power to become habituated to his surroundings is a marked characteristic of mankind.
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Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assault of thoughts on the unthinking.
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It is better that a man should tyrannize over his bank balance than over his fellow-citizens.
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When I find new information I change my mind; What do you do?
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It economics is a method rather than a doctrine, an apparatus of the mind, a technique of thinking which helps its possessor to draw correct conclusions.
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Logic , like lyrical poetry , is no employment for the middle-aged.
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I conceive, therefore, that a somewhat comprehensive socialisation of investment will prove the means of securing an approximation to full employment.
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The idea behind stamped money is sound.
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A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind.
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It is investment, i.e. the increased production of material wealth in the shape of capital goods, which alone increases national wealth.
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It is the duty of the long-term investor to endure great losses with equanimity.
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The duty of “saving” became nine-tenths of virtue and the growth of the cake the object of true religion.
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The expected never happens; it is the unexpected always.
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